When to Plant Yardlong Beans? Latest Planting Times and Methods Explained
Yardlong beans are a vegetable with very high nutritional value, and many people love to eat them. Cooking them is very simple yet very delicious, but if they are not cooked through, it is terrible, because that can cause poisoning, so they must be cooked thoroughly when preparing them. Today what I will introduce to you is their sowing time, planting methods, and some issues that need attention. Let us take a look together below.
Planting Time
In fact, yardlong beans can be planted in all three seasons of spring, summer, and autumn. If current greenhouse vegetables are included, it can be said that they can be planted in all four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In spring, sowing is generally carried out from February to March; for summer sowing, it is from May to August; and for autumn sowing, it is from September to October. At the same time, according to the different temperatures in different regions, the sowing time must be adjusted accordingly.
Planting Methods
1. Land Selection and Preparation
Yardlong beans have relatively strong adaptability and are not very strict about the land, but if the soil is relatively fertile, the yield will certainly be better. When preparing the land, dig as deep as possible, and during land preparation scatter an appropriate amount of fertilizer as base fertilizer to ensure the fertility of the soil.
2. Sowing Methods
There are two sowing methods for yardlong beans. One is to dig holes at certain intervals in the prepared land, sow three to five seeds in each hole, apply fertilizer beside them, and then cover the seeds with soil. When scattering fertilizer, the fertilizer must not be close to the seeds. If the fertilizer touches the seeds, it may burn the seeds and reduce the emergence rate. The second method is to first choose a small plot of land, scatter the seeds on it, cover it with a layer of film, wait until the seeds germinate, uncover the film, water them, and then when the seedlings grow to five or six cm, they can be pulled up and planted at certain intervals. After planting, if there is no rain, they must be watered, otherwise the seedlings will wither and die.
3. Field Management
Watering must be carried out before flowering, especially for seedlings that have been transplanted, to encourage them to grow new roots again. Yardlong bean seedlings grow in a trailing manner, so in order to increase yield and make harvesting convenient, we generally need to set up trellises when the seedlings grow to about thirty cm. During the flowering period of yardlong beans, fertility supplementation must be done well, as this can increase the pod-setting rate of yardlong beans, that is, increase the yield of yardlong beans.
4. Disease Prevention
Yardlong beans generally rarely develop diseases, but sometimes root rot also occurs, and some insect pests also appear, such as the bean pod borer and the cowpea pod borer. Therefore, during the planting process of yardlong beans, observe carefully to see whether these diseases appear. Once they appear, timely treatment must be carried out. As for the targeted liquid medicine, agricultural chemical stores all sell it. As long as you describe the disease, they will tell you what medicine to buy. It is very convenient.
Although planting yardlong beans is simple, when planting, note that the temperature must not be too high, the moisture must be appropriate, and medicine must not be used indiscriminately. You must go to an agricultural chemical store to ask clearly before carrying out medicinal treatment. The above is the introduction brought to you by Qinong Website about the planting time and planting methods of yardlong beans. I hope it can help everyone.